#205 On Leveraging AI To Grapple with Humanity’s Biggest Questions with NVIDIA’S VP of Solutions Architecture and Engineering, Marc Hamilton

NVIDIA is best known for its production of GPUs and APIs that enable high-performance computing, supercomputing, and power some of the most intense applications across the world. Unsurprisingly, the company is deeply involved in AI, and on this week’s podcast, the company’s VP of Solutions Architecture and Engineering, Marc Hamilton, joins us to share the company’s unique insights into the field. Hamilton explains how NVIDIA’s innovative AI Factory concept allows it to introduce efficiencies into the data gathering process. He uses the example of self-driving cars to just how effective the NVIDA approach is. To manually collect all the data on all the roads in the world, the researchers would need to travel 11 billion miles. However, NVIDIA can leverage simulations of roads to “teach” the AI powering these cars synthetically. Hamilton then describes the fascinating advancements of digital twins – a technology idea that has been around for decades but only just now supported by powerful enough technology to handle the AI and other processing requirements for it. This, Hamilton says, can be used for everything from workplace layout simulations that “test” an environment to make sure it’s safe to work in before real humans do so, through to creating a digital “twin” of the earth as a way of testing the impact of climate change “700 or 7,000” days down the track. “It's going to be many years before we're done, but we're already making some interesting project progress and seeing some interesting early signs of future success,” he said. With AI certain to be critical to how humanity grapples with the increasingly complex challenges facing it into the future, it is companies like NVIDIA that will at the forefront of our response. Tune in to learn more about the very cutting edge of AI. Enjoy the show! About NVIDIA Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics and ignited the era of modern AI. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry. More information at https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/ About GTC (GPU Technology Conference) The Technology Conference for the Era of AI and Metaverse Explore the latest technologies and business breakthroughs. Learn from experts how AI and the evolution of the 3D Internet are profoundly impacting industries—and society as a whole. Don’t miss the GTC 2022 keynote. Jensen Huang | Founder and CEO | NVIDIA Take a closer look at the game-changing technologies that are helping us take on the world’s greatest challenges. Free to Register and the event you do not want to miss! Join us in Melbourne for Scaling AI with MLOPS:  https://www.datafuturology.com/mlops Thank you to our sponsor, Talent Insights Group! Join our Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/datafuturologycircle/shared_invite/zt-z19cq4eq-ET6O49o2uySgvQWjM6a5ng Read the full podcast episode summary here.